Gender inequality and education: changing local/global relations in a ‘post-colonial’ world and the implications for feminist research
Blackmore, Jillian 2015, Gender inequality and education: changing local/global relations in a ‘post-colonial’ world and the implications for feminist research. In Zajda, J (ed), Second International Handbook on Globalisation, Education and Policy Research, Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp.485-501, doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-9493-0_28.
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Gender inequality and education: changing local/global relations in a ‘post-colonial’ world and the implications for feminist research
This chapter explores the relationship between education reform and gender equity, both within and between nation states. Utilising feminist critical policy analysis and post-colonial theory, it examines how education reform over the past decade has impacted on gender equity and how educational reform is itself gendered. It considers the nature of gender restructuring, maps significant shifts in gender equity policy in the wider context of educational and social inequality debates and, through an analysis of recent research on gender identity, schooling and leadership, argues that gender can no longer be privileged when identifying and responding to educational inequality. Key assumptions underpinning how social change and education reform deliver equity are questioned, concluding with feminist theorising about how social justice may inform equity policy and practice in culturally diverse educational contexts.
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